| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·vex |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n v ks , k n-vks |
| ADJECTIVE: | Having a surface or boundary that curves or bulges outward, as the exterior of a sphere. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin convexus. See wegh- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | convexly —ADVERB
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